“In my day, we had to walk a mile to school—uphill, both ways.” That may sound like an old joke. Today, only 13 percent of kids walk to school, down from 66 percent 30 years ago.
Studies show that fewer children are walking and biking to school, and more children are at risk of becoming overweight. Changing behaviors of children and parents require creative ways that are safe and fun.
A walking school bus can be both.
It works like a bus, picking up ‘passengers’ along the way at designated(指定的) ‘bus stops’ except everyone is walking!
The Walking School Bus works as a supervised group of children walking to and from school along a safe and enjoyable set route. There are at least two parents in a group. One parent ‘drives’ at the front of the bus, while the other parent supervises at the back. The same of different supervisors go with the children to and from school. Additional(增加的) parents may be needed depending on the walking environment.
The ‘bus’ can go as often as parents want to ‘drive’ it and children want to use it. This means that it can even work as little as one morning or afternoon each week. All children are welcome to join the bus even if their parents cannot be drivers. And the service is free.
Socially, it’s great because the children meet other children, otherwise they would only know by sight.
“My children have formed some good friendships because of the Walking Bus. The parents get to know other parents too!” a parent said. “From our experience of the Walking Bus, it has only been a meaningful thing. It gets all of us walking more and the children do not complain about walking like they used to. ”
Some kids said compared to walking school bus, it’s boring in a car when they were asked why not get into a car.
Besides these, it might have a good effect on heavy traffic.
小题1:How many students walked to school 30 years ago?

A．66 percent.

B．13 percent.

C．30 percent.

D．53 percent.

小题2:What does the underlined word “supervised” mean in the passage?

A．controlled

B．explored

C．required

D．improved

小题3:What can the Walking School Bus NOT do to help the children __________.

A．make more friends	B．reduce the risk of being overweight
C．exercise more	D．complain about walking

小题4:The best title of this passage is “__________”.

A．A new way to exercise	B．A new school bus
C．A walking school bus	D．Parents’ driving school bus

下面的材料A—D分别介绍了四个不同的地方，请根据材料完成后面的题，并将答题卡内相应的字母涂黑。
A. Here is Jilin Children’s Hospital .It is at 135 Jiling Street Jilin City. There are many advanced equipment about children. Zhao Weibing is a famous doctor. His telephone number is  (0432) 6983245. And E-mail is Zhaoweibing@sohu. com.
B. HongXing Supermarket lies in the center of Wanda. Lots of goods are sold. Foods, vegetables and fruits are for sale now. On the second floor, Some clothes for children are on sale, and the price is the lowest of all.. Welcome to choose.
C. The Painting on World of Sports . In the city center lies a famous stadium where the first-class sportsmen are training for the coming games. You are  allowed to take some pictures of them when they are training.
D.This is Jiling Jiajia Company. It is at 35 Jiling Street Jilin City.There are lots of compers and mobile phones here. We can also repair these machines. Li Weihua is  a computer engineer. His telephone number is (0432)2458988. E-mail: 1 wh988@263.com.
小题1:Mrs White is free today. She can go to ________ to buy something for her daily life.
小题2:Li Ping, a famous Chinese artist, who is good at painting and drawing. He can go to______.
小题3:There is something wrong with my compter. What should I do ?
You can go to _______ and ask for help.
小题4:If my baby has a fever, I will go to ______and try to know some ways to avoid common cold.

阅读下面短文，掌握大意，从每小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出一个最佳选项。
For the first time, Zhang Shengyu, a student at Laiyang Middle School in Shandong, didn’t ask her mother to buy _____ a new schoolbag or any new pens for the beginning of the school term. “My old schoolbag can still be used, so there is no need to buy a new one,” Zhang Shengyu said. “I’ve _____ to be thrift* from now on.”
As the ____ of the family’s attention, many of the one-child do not know about the hardships* of life. They sometimes have ____idea of the value* of things. Many students would _____pens and erasers that haven’t been used up and buy new ones. Some students like to have a competition with each other to see whose clothes and school things are ______.
The Ministry of Education _____a notice on its website on Jan 20. It called on students to form good _____ such as stopping wasting food. Many schools think teaching the value of money to be an important ______ and encourage their students to be thrifty.
Teachers at Yu Cai Middle School in Wenzhou gave a speech _______ the food on the first day back to school this year. “When we came back from the holiday, we found a slogan “Empty Plates” on _______ table in the dining room. It tells us that it’s______ OK to waste. In the past, I ordered three dishes for each meal, but now I only order two. ______ I want to try three, I will ask for a smaller one”. Wang Tong said.
Students at No 44 Middle School of Shijiazhuang, Hebei planted many fruit trees in their school. Through taking care of the trees, the students learned ______to cherish* things.
At Tie Yi Middle School in Xi’an, students organized a group to collect used pen refills* and use them for crafts*. “What we students do are small things, ________I think with everyone’s work, we can make a difference,” said Li Dongdong,, a 16-year-old student at the school.

小题1:	A．me B．him C．her D．you

小题2:	A．believed B．decided C．hoped D．told

小题3:	A．center B．action C．dream D．corner

小题4:	A．any B．some C．no D．an

小题5:	A．throw away B．take away C．put away D．keep away

小题6:	A．more expensive B．cheaper C．more comfortable D．more colorful

小题7:	A．explained B．showed C．collected D．saw

小题8:	A．ways B．habits C．hobbies D．duty

小题9:	A．lesson B．order C．subject D．experience

小题10:

A．about B．of C．to D．with

小题11:

A．all B．some C．both D．each

小题12:

A．always B．usual C．sometimes D．never

小题13:

A．Because B．When C．Unless D．If

小题14:

A．how B．when C．what D．where

小题15:

A．and B．but C．so D．or

请仔细阅读四段话，从A、B、C、D中找出对应的小标题，并回答第5小题。
小题1:No one wins all the time. Learn from the times that you lose. All great champions were once losers at some point. But, they learned. And they kept a positive attitude until they got better.
小题2:Your happiness is up to you. Many people forget this. Truly successful people choose happiness no matter what their present situations are.
小题3:Chances lie in what you do every day. You do the same work. You eat the same foods. You wear the same clothes. Try a new way. Take a new path. Even talk to someone new.
小题4:Opportunity is everywhere. Even the worst situations have opportunities. Seize (抓住) the opportunity, and seize the time. That's the secret of success.

A. Choose to Be Happy          B. Do Something New C. Look for the Opportunity       D. Learn from Losing

小题5:The material above tells us the ways to ________.

A．find a good job	B．live a positive life
C．protect the environment	D．keep us healthy

For 99% of human history, people took their food from the world around them. They ate all that they could find, and then moved on. Then around 10,000 years ago, about 1% of human history, people learned to farm the land.
The kind of food we eat depends on which part of the world we live in, or which part of our country we live in. For example, in the south of China they eat rice, but in the north they eat noodles. In European countries near the sea, people eat a lot of fish. In central Europe, away from the sea, people don’t eat so much fish, but they eat more meat. For example, in Germany and Poland, there are hundreds of different kinds of sausages.
In North America, Australia, and Europe, people eat with knives and forks. In China, people eat with chopsticks. In parts of India and the Middle East, people use their fingers to pick up food.
Nowadays it is possible to transport food easily from one part of the world to another. We can eat whatever we like, at any time of the year. In Britain, bananas come from Africa; rice comes from India or the U.S.A.; strawberries come from Chile or Spain. Food is a very big business. But people in poor countries are still hungry while people in rich countries eat too much.
小题1:10,000 years ago, people ______ .

A．learned to farm the land

B．cooked different kinds of food

C．couldn’t find food around them

D．transported food from one country to another

小题2:In North America, Australia, and Europe, people ______ .

A．eat with chopsticks	B．eat with knives and forks
C．use their fingers to pick up food	D．use bread to pick up food

小题3:______ have many kinds of sausages.

A．Chile and Spain	B．America and Australia
C．China and Japan	D．Germany and Poland

小题4:Which of the following is NOT true?

A．What we eat depends on where we live.

B．Poor countries are still having food problems.

C．Rich countries don’t need food from others.

D．Nowadays we can eat whatever we like at any time of the year.

Dear Owner, please listen to me,
My life is likely to last ten to fifteen years. Any separation(分离) from you will make me sad. Remember that before you buy me.
Give me time to understand what you want of me.
Don't be angry with me for long and don’t lock me up as a punishment. You have your work, your entertainment and your friends. I have only you.
Don’t forget to feed me. I’ll be happy if you give me my favorite food--bones.
Talk to me sometimes. Even if I don't understand your words, I understand your voice when you’re speaking to me.
Take care of me when I get old. You, too, will grow old.
Go with me or difficult journeys. Everything is easier for me if you are there. Remember, I love you.
Leo
Judge the following sentences True (T) or False (F).
小题1:Leo is probably a dog's name.
小题2:Leo can live to the age of fifty.
小题3:Leo, unlike his owner, has many friends.
小题4:We should treat old dogs well, because everyone will get old.
小题5:Dogs won't care whether you are with them or not on their difficult journeys.

Umbrellas are common in our daily life. On rainy days, many people hold them to prevent the       , but it’s not easy to hold an umbrella if there is heavy rain and       wind. And it’s harder to make a phone call or ride a bike     an umbrella in the hand. An American named Alan Kaufman and his company    6 years inventing a hand-free umbrella.      they made it.
They called it umbrella. Just touch a button and the umbrella will open    . With the help of its “shoulder support”, the umbrella can rest on the user’s    . So the user needn’t hold the umbrella any more. He can walk with hands      even in the strong wind.
The hand-free umbrella is $59.94 each. People all around the world like it very much. Because of this smart    , they can use their phones to talk and send short messages in the rain now.    in the rain under an umbrella is really cool, isn’t it?

小题1:	A．snow B．rain C．sun D．wind

小题2:	A．tall B．short C．strong D．big

小题3:	A．by B．without C．with D．take

小题4:	A．spent B．took C．paid D．cost

小题5:	A．At first B．At last C．At most D．Almost

小题6:	A．easily B．hardly C．nearly D．hard

小题7:	A．feet B．legs C．shoulders D．knees

小题8:	A．free B．busy C．difficult D．easy

小题9:	A．invention B．magazine C．book D．story

小题10:

A．Lying B．Flying C．Walking D．Running

If we want to deal with the association (社交) between boys and girls properly, here are some "dos and don'ts" for you to follow.
Keep a normal and healthy state of mind. Our schools and classes are made up of boys and girls. It is very nature for the boys and girls to make friends with each other. We should make as many friends as possible. We should keep touch with the other sex (性别) in public instead of in secret.
Don't be too nervous or too shy. If you are a shy person, you can also find a way out. First of all, you can make friend with the students who have the same interest and hobby as you. As both of you have much in common, you may have much to talk about. If you keep doing like that, little by little, you will gladly find you are also as free to express yourself as others.
Don't fall into the ditch of early love. The boys and girls at a adolescence (青春期) are rich in feeling. They  are easy to regard the friendship as a sign of love and fall in love with each other at an early age. In my opinion, early love is a green apple that can't be eaten. An apple won't taste sweet until it is full ripe. Boys and girls at middle school are too young to carry the heavy duty of love. Do keep out of early love. 
小题1:The main idea of the passage is to _______. 

A．tell students to keep away from early love

B．give some advice on how to associate between boys and girls

C．tell students how to make friends

D．teach boys how to talk with girls

小题2:We should keep touch with the other sex in following ways EXCEPT _______. 

A．with a good state of mind	B．in real friendship
C．in public	D．in secret

小题3:If you are a shy person, you can _______. 

A．find friends with the same interest and hobby first

B．only have a few friends of the same sex

C．not make friends with the other sex

D．not fall in love with other students easily

小题4:What does the underlined word "ditch" mean? 

A．波浪

B．泥潭

C．圈套

D．迷惑

小题5:A person at adolescence is _______. 

A．complicated (复杂的) in feelings

B．good at making friends with each other

C．old enough to fall in love

D．easy to regard the friendship as a sign of love

The more books you read, the better your life will be. If you don’t believe me, please consider the following reasons to read more books.

You will have strong brain power .Studies suggest reading makes you smart. Unlike watching television, which requires no thought process（过程）, reading is an active learning experience that will keep your mind sharp (even in old age). 　　
You will travel to a new world .　Sometimes our daily life can start to get boring . At times like this, I like to dive into a good fiction book, where I can forget about whatever problems are stressing me out. I’ll come back refreshed after my mini-vacation to a fresh and exciting place in the world of words. 　　
You will improve your vocabulary .　The more words you’re able to use, the better you will become at expressing your thoughts and feelings. I couldn’t imagine how I would write articles like this if I didn’t actively aim to improve my vocabulary, because using the same few words to express myself would get awfully boring in a hurry. 　
You will entertain yourself at a low price .If you’re looking for entertainment without much money, reading is your best choice. Thanks to the popularity of electronic reading devices(设备), it’s never been easier to entertain yourself for hours at a time, for the low cost of a few dollars.
You will discover surprising new ideas.　　Reading introduced me to concepts （概念）like mindful eating, relaxation exercises, and the importance of loving yourself. If I didn’t read, I wouldn’t realize these ideas. If you don’t read, you will miss many surprising new ideas.　　
You will become an expert（专家） in your field .　Don’t you think reading articles and books by experts in your field might make you better at what you do? If you don’t learn more about your profession, then your lack of passion could be a sign that you’re in the wrong field. 　　
I firmly believe that reading has changed my life . I hope these reasons can encourage you to read more books.
小题1:How many reasons are mentioned in the passage?

A．five

B．six

C．seven

D．eight

小题2:What kind of books does the writer read when he feels bored?

A．science book

B．fiction book

C．history book

D．story book

小题3:Which of the following is NOT ture according to the passage?

A．Reading is an active learning experience.

B．Electronic reading devices make it easier to entertain yourself at a high price.

C．If you don’t read, you will miss many surprising new ideas.

D．The writer firmly believes that reading has changed his life .

小题4:From the passage we know that ___________________.                               

A．Studies suggest watching TV makes you smart.

B．The fewer words you’re able to use, the better you will express yourself.

C．The more books you read, the better your life will be.

D．Reading won’t change your life.

小题5:What’s the purpose of the writer in the passage?

A．He wants to travel to a new country.

B．He wants to become a reporter.

C．He wants to find a good job.

D．He wants to encourage readers to read more books.

I’ve always tried to tell Willianms She fell in love with broadcasting She has also attended a Coldplay concert She hopes to become a television anchor(主播) Williams had sent a few broadcasts(广播)she had done.

Williams, 15, is a student at Nation Ford High, South Carolina, 小题1:________. She is quickly making herself noticed.
Not long ago she got a call from Teen Kids News in New York, which is a weekly show. 小题2:__________for her school news program to the show. The producer contacted Williams, and asked if she would work for them.
“All I could say was, yes, yes, yes!” Williams said. “I didn’t even hesitate(犹豫).”
Williams said she became interested in broadcast journalism when she was in the sixth grade. One day she heard that forest fires were burning nearby. After P.E., she went out into the forest and reported on the fires. 小题3:__________. From then on she tried to do it as much as she could.
Williams had to face both good and bad comments from audiences (听众).
“Everyone has a different opinion and 小题4:__________that you can’t listen to it, ”said Lori Williams, a former Atlanta CNN producer. “If it’s what you love to do, it will be more important than everything else.”
Williams’ advice to other young broadcasters is to look for support from friends and family. “With every negative(消极的)comment, there’s five positive, and that’s how I think about it,” she said.
The first program Williams held was about an artist’s pumpkin patch. In the program she asked teenagers what they thought of the artist’s work.
“I was a little nervous. I was going through my lines thinking, ‘No pressure’,”Williams said.
小题5:_______and met Kathie Lee Gifford, an American TV host, singer, songwriter and actress. Gifford told Williams to continue doing what she loved because it would lead to big things.
“Getting advice from her was great,” Williams said.